Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-12-03

IN, sc. Have the goodness to be seat
ed on my old coat and we will assist
you in removing them; We are expe-
rienced valets."
TO have observed the face OF Mr..
Edgar Wood now you would have
thought he was engaged in a frolic.
have heard him say, in telling this
story, that he felt all through the per
Torrance as if he we're being joked by |
friend.
"And now" continued the ladron, !
1--WE will trouble you, Senior Wood, to |
pass out your valise, if yon will be so
obligine."
Mr.. Wood hesitated for the first
\ time and looked around, but there
was no mercy; the muzzles OF three
pieces locked into his eyes, while he
replied, Every well, gentlemen. if you
INSIST" He handed out the heavy
valise, which was taken aside by the
Mexicans, while the English-looking
thief kept guard at the stage door.
When the precious cargo was removed
to ashort distance from its owner, the
sentinel muttered to him in English.
eff you give me 1000 unseen from
your belt you can save the rest; other
wise. I'll fix every dollar you've got"
Mr.. Wood ielt sure he had some
where seen the face, of which the
mouth and chin was exposed, but 1.-The
suspected the truth, he kept it to him
self. and quietly handed over the mon
ey to tine man.
In few minutes, the nearly empty
valise was returned and the party
bade the traveller adieu and wished
him a safe journey. In his disagreea-
BILE fix he could only ride till he met
the return stage and go with it to the
capitol under the shelter of shawl
lent him by sympathetic lady among
the passengers, with whom, at noon,
he entered the patio, from which he
had so exultingly sailed in the early
! morning. The idle populace, as usual
rushed in with the stage and Witness
ed the discontinue of the American
: as he darted across the pavement to
the nearest entrance OF the hotel and
made his way to his room.
When Mr.. Wood emerged therefrom
t he made his way to the English bank
: TO deposit the papers savedin his belt
, and there encountered the second sur
prise of the day. The teller who re-
ceiyed and credited him with the
amount was the counterpart OF the
i. English robber of the morning; but he
: had no beard, nor could Wood recall
that he had ever seen him adorned
with that symptom OF manhood. 1t
g was impossible that he should be a
ladron; his position in the band, his
= easy, self-possessed manner, not bra
zen, but natural and innocent. Mott
was a mistake.
n
q Mexican merchants to srart for Vera
e Cruz. Mir. Henry Yorke OF Wood & Co.
e was despatched with them In the
O morning stage. He went well armed,
and had the name of heing a fighting
= man. But as yet no crowd of Mexi.
e can messengers has frightened a band
t, OF robbers from it, enterprise, and sc
S at sunrise Yorke discovered two small
SQUADS Of horsemen bearing down or
the stage from opposite directions.
le "There are six of them," be said
Y and we are nine men, with only ont
G woman. Are we to fight, gentlemen
= or shall we surrender"
"Mexicans never surrender" criec
q one of them. I'VE will fight to the last
s, drop of blood"
" ''Yes, always" answered the othe
If eight.
= al shall be killed; oh, shall be kill
Vi ed" shrieked the frightened woman.
r, ave shall defend yon, Sonora, the!
he declared. The horsemen drew near
n All were masked and armed. On
party passed the coach. wheeled ant
. instantly returned. Meanwhile York
IN sprang from the stage, which had beef
ar stopped, and calling to his fellow pa:
Is sengers to join him, fired his rife a
the nearest OF the gang and killed him
~ He then began dischargng his revo
=. yer, as they closed in on him. an
y looking for his companions discovers
:, them all in their seats, nallid spscta
~ tors OF his recklessness. In anothe
7 instant a pistol.ball struck him dowr
!. Evidently, the ladrones had onl
"a contempt for the Mexican passenger:
a. Tor they rode directly forward to til
IL IL fallen American, whose body the
Z. mercilessly hacked in pieces with tnei
- sabres, for warning to all who resist
ed their robber;es.
er The entire treasure of Wood & CC
a. was taken from the person of York
~ ~ and his valise; and thepassengers, til
~ lady not excepted, were robbed {
= every article they possessed, ever
=, their outer clothing. When the Il
"s drones left, their captain opened a
embroidered jacket, revealing the torl
- OF woman, and cried out with
W sneer, "You are men. Adiosl"
Y When the stage, returning, entere
W the patio OF the Hotel Isurbide, wit
:. the body OF Mr.. Yorke, 1t was met b
~ Wood, to whom the lady passeng,
y. declared that his partner had bee
'u killed by an Engishman of the ban'
whose lower face was rudy, mario
~ n, and thin, ending in a little shadow
~ beard, that he had reached into Il
az coach, and shot Iorke in she bac
through the open doorway of the o.
posite side, as he was firing rapidly 1
~ the gang, and then. as he withdre
leu his head, his beard, dropped from h
~ chin, and she had secured it.
"e At ten o'clock that morning he wei
to the English bank with the woma
g, and presented a check for paymen
~ As the teller laid down the mon,
lSh he saw the little wad OF beard on q
~ counter, picked it up and looking
~, it ouriously, said what is this,
e, At the same moment Mr.. Wood d.
y" covered that his companion trembl,
~, violently and was becoming alarmir
~. IL pale. and lost no time IN leavi
- the bank.
mt The woman was sure OF the identl
of the man, and would listen to
ian possibility OF her mistake. As for n
ON Edgar Wood he was confounded, b